Overview and Background: Unit: History of Cheney

Peggy Gregory : Cheney USD 268

Interdisciplinary. : Interdisciplinary. : Interdisciplinary.

Cheney : Grades 7 - 7 : Aug. - Jun.

Title:	History of Cheney
Topics:	Kansas history, Technology
Time Frame:
Start Date:	-
Status:	Draft
Date Revised:

Other Designers:

Summary:
Students will research the history of Cheney and create a virtual museum of artifacts that were used in the settlement and development of the area.

Print Materials Needed:

Resources:
Access to the Souder's Museum, a local museum that traces the history of the city, including many artifacts.

Resource Attachments:

Internet Resource Links:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:
Standard(s):	IT.1.1.7d: Uses the scanner to capture graphics and text. IT.3.4.7a: Uses imaging devices, including scanners, digital cameras and video cameras. IT.5.1.7a: Cuts and pastes information from online sources. Uses a storyboard to create a PowerPoint presentation

Understandings:
user	Life in small Kansas towns is diverse. Communities change over time. Small Kansas towns offer many beneficial things. The changing economy causes change in a community.

Essential Questions:
User	What are the elements of the Cheney community? How and why has Cheney changed over time? Why do people choose to live in Cheney?

Knowledge and Skills:

K
Independently trace the development of the city of Cheney.
Describe factors that caused changes to take place in a community.

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Students create web pages that include three related artifacts photographed at the museum. They will research the time period and the artifacts, explaining their use and their impact on the development of the city. These pages will be combined into a virtual museum of the city.

Task/Prompt: Virtual Cheney Museum

Type: Performance Task

Topics: history

Summary:
Students create web pages that include three related artifacts photographed at the museum. They will research the time period and the artifacts, explaining their use and their impact on the development of the city. These pages will be combined into a virtual museum of the city.

Print Materials Needed:

Resources:

Resource Attachments:

Internet Resource Links:
Link 1: http://
Link 2: http://
Link 3: http://
Link 4: http://
Link 5: http://

Notes:

Student Directions:
You have just been hired as a museum curator for the Souder Museum. Your job is to preserve the history and describe the development of the city of Cheney, Kansas. You need to create web pages that include three related artifacts photographed at the museum. Then research the time period and the artifacts, explaining their use and their impact on the development of the city. These pages will be combined into a virtual museum of the city.

Your web pages should be accurate, well-designed and thorough.

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

W
Display of pictures from different decades of Cheney's history and have students use KWL chart to record what they know.

H
Field trip to Souder's Museum.

E
View video from the Cheney Centennial of the drama presented on Main Street Cheney in May 1983.
Using the history of Cheney resources from the school media center and Cheney Public Library, study the development of the city.
Brainstorm (using Kagan Round Robin) changes that have occurred.
Students explain the development of the Cheney community by creating a timeline.
Cheney Day activities:
-Dress in clothes from different stages of Cheney's development and demonstrate an activity from that era that someone living in Cheney might have done. (Ex. 1920-Flapper Dance, 1930-cooking with lard, 1950-Put hair in Pony Tails)

R
Students will present their storyboards for their virtual museum pages to the class. Classmates are encouraged to evaluate and make suggestions before the student creates their final product.


E
Students create web pages that include three related artifacts photographed at the museum. They will research the time period and the artifacts, explaining their use and their impact on the development of the city. These pages will be combined into a virtual museum of the city.

Notes: